2006 XYZZY Awards Ceremony Transcript

On March 12th, 2006, at 5:00 P.M. EST (11:00 P.M. GMT), the XYZZY
Awards Ceremony was held at ifMUD. Below is the transcript of
the event, including side-comments that those in attendance made on
the #peanut-gallery channel. Should you not wish to see those
comments, an expurgated version is also
available.

lpsmith exclaims, "And now! Aaron Reed, with the nominees for the Best Individual NPC!"lambda applauds the adventurers.olethros clap clap clap clapEluchil cheers for Aaron againDarkStar clapsRob claps.DavidW says, "yay Aaron"Emerald claps.aaronius gets lost on the way to the stage, but keeps going east and eventually finds it.Kelby claps. "GO Aaron!lambda cheersNewington claps everyonedjfletch exclaims, "en pee seas!"VictorGijsbers claps for Aaron, of Whom the Telling Changed fame.aaronius says, "Thank you, everyone."aaronius says, "In IF, it's easy for the supporting cast to get lost amidst the mazes and machinery."Guest3 says, "hummm ok"aaronius says, "Great NPCs remind us that stories, even interactive ones, live and die by their characters."[peanut-gallery] Celestianpower says, "No, I meant the fit guy to my left. Clearly I forgot to give him animate..."aaronius says, "The nominees this year for Best Individual NPC are---"Rob says, "*** You have died by your characters ***"[peanut-gallery] cendare asks, "Dumb question, but is the chalkboard supposed to be updated?"[peanut-gallery] djfletch says, "look amidst machinery"Gunther says (to Sword), "BAD!"[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "whenever inky remembers"aaronius says, "The butler, from Aunts and Butlers, by Robin Johnson"Rob clapsEmily says, "yay"Eluchil clapsBen clapsDavidW clapsEmerald claps.Baryon applauds wildlyKelby claps.Celestianpower exclaims, "Woo!"McMartin says, "woo"nm claps clappinglyolethros says, "hooray"djfletch claps in a butlerine mannerCelestianpower falls off his chair in rampant applauselambda cheers and waves his arms.[peanut-gallery] Allen says, "how true a statement.... I cried when the Zork II dragon won the 1982 xyzzys"lelandpaul claps.Guest2 says, "toyroom"Guest2 leaves the auditorium to the west.aaronius says, "John, from Legion, by Jason Devlin (writing as "Ian Anderson")"Rob says, "Robin Johnson Rewheel"JDC sips his tea, then looks at it perplexedly.Eluchil clapsDavidW clapsNewington clapsolethros says, "hop hop"McMartin cheersEmerald claps.Ben clapslambda applauds vigorouslyBaryon says, "claps"Celestianpower clapslelandpaul applauds.Rob clapsaaronius says, "God, from The Bible Retold, by Justin Morgan and "Celestianpower""Newington claps ferventlyBaryon praysAllen says, "blasphemers!"Kelby claps loudly.lpsmith cheersEluchil clap reverentlyBen clapscendare claps reverently.Rob claps reverentlyRob dangEmerald claps.lelandpaul clapsaaronius says, "The gargoyle, from The Baron, by Victor Gijsbers"Rob clapsEluchil laugs out loud an then covers his mouthlambda dances... er, claps, that is.djfletch clapsKelby exclaims, "Victor!"DavidW clapsCelestianpower screeches menacinglyEluchil clapsEmerald applauds, just for a change.Newington applaudsBaryon clapsDarkStar clapsGuest2 walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.Ben clapslpsmith cheers again!Kelby cheers this time.aaronius says, "Leela, from The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve"RootShell_ifreviews walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.Newington whistlesEluchil swoonsKelby exclaims, "Yeah!"lambda exclaims, "Yay!"Ben cheersEmerald claps.Celestianpower claps, just to be differentMcMartin applauds all nonimees he missedDarkStar cheersBaryon clapsdjfletch says, "lee la lee la"Emily claps for all[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "I just noticed how amusing 'aaronius' is as a word"aaronius pulls out the envelope.lambda applauds for everyone.Rob claps for Eric EveRootShell_ifreviews says, "hello all :)"JasonD walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice it approaching it from the other side.lpsmith claps.aaronius says, "And the winner is..."HairBrain walks out from under the archway south of here, although you didn't notice him approaching it from the other side.JasonD says, "hey everyone"[peanut-gallery] Rob asks, "rootshell if-reviews?"Eluchil waves to Jasonaaronius exclaims, "Eric Eve, for Leela in The Elysium Enigma!"Rob applauds!Emily says, "yay!"McMartin cheers!Allen asks (of RotShell_ifreviews), "did your mother really name you that?"[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "Of IFRO."lpsmith exclaims, "Yay!"lambda exclaims, "Hooray! Yay!"eileen applauds happilyBen cheerios!Eluchil CheersDarkStar claps intenselyJDC claps some more.Newington claps sportinglyKelby claps wildly, yelling "woot!" all the while.Celestianpower congratulates merrilyRob says, "T3 lives"Emerald applauds heartily.GregB exclaims, "yay for leela!!"nm claps for EE and his EEJasonD exclaims, "bravo eric!"[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "IF Reviews Organization"RootShell_ifreviews says, "weeeeee congratulations Eric Eve :)"VictorGijsbers applauds loudly.Newington says (to butler), "I told you you should have got naked"Flit eruptsaaronius asks, "Are Eric, or Leela here?"djfletch says, "applauds future space chicks"cendare claps.inky gives Best Use of Medium 2006 XYZZY to VictorGijsbers.Rob says, "space chicks always win"[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "I think that's the first T3 XYZZY win."[peanut-gallery] Rob asks, "is it really?"[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "There's been other noms, of course."RootShell_ifreviews says, "finally was able to attend "personaly" one XYZZY's :)"HairBrain says, "Update the wiki! Update the wiki!"[peanut-gallery] Allen asks, "what's the differecence between T3 and T2?"DavidW says (to HB), "oh, don't you worry about the wiki."[peanut-gallery] McMartin says, "They're entirely different languages"[peanut-gallery] Allen asks, "which one is the html-tads?"aaronius forward the T3 code for an XYZZY award to Eric[peanut-gallery] Ben says, "T2."[peanut-gallery] Gunther says, "roughly like the difference between I7 and I6"Celestianpower leaves the auditorium to the west.lpsmith returns to the stage.[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "also, Legion keeps getting nominated but isn't winning much"[peanut-gallery] Allen asks (of Gunther), "oh, so a fake new language?"Eluchil asks, "Whwee"Are the XYZZY's implemented in T3?"aaronius gets lost again on the way back to his seat.lpsmith exclaims, "Thanks Aaron!"[peanut-gallery] DavidW says, "T3 isn't entirely different from T2. They have a lot in common."[peanut-gallery] Rob says, "T3 is a hyper serious programming language of vast power and scope"